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Article Type: Obituary

Bio|Pharma/Healthcare

Paul Berg (1926 – 2023)

February 22, 2023

Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate and pioneer of genetic engineering passed away

Dieter Oesterhelt (1940 – 2022)
Bio

Dieter Oesterhelt (1940 – 2022)

December 1, 2022

Eminent biochemist known for the discovery of bacteriorhodopsin and as a pioneer of optogenetics passed away

David A. Evans (1941 – 2022)
Organic

David A. Evans (1941 – 2022)

May 2, 2022

Eminent organic chemist known, e.g., for work on chiral auxiliaries passed away

Jirō Tsuji (1927 – 2022)
Catalysis|Organic

Jirō Tsuji (1927 – 2022)

April 10, 2022

Eminent chemist known for pioneering work on palladium-catalyzed reactions passed away

Martin Pope (1918 – 2022)
Physical

Martin Pope (1918 – 2022)

March 29, 2022

Pioneer in molecular semiconductor research passed away

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Andrew Streitwieser (1927 – 2022)
Organic|Physical

Andrew Streitwieser (1927 – 2022)

February 28, 2022

American chemist known for his pioneering work on molecular orbital theory passed away

Nikos Katsaros (1938 – 2022)
Bio|Food

Nikos Katsaros (1938 – 2022)

January 21, 2022

Former President of the Association of Greek Chemists (Ένωση Ελλήνων Χημικών) passed away

Robert H. Grubbs (1942 – 2021)
Catalysis|Organic

Robert H. Grubbs (1942 – 2021)

December 20, 2021

Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, well-known for his work on olefin metathesis, passed away

Nadrian C. Seeman (1945 – 2021)
Bio|Nanotech

Nadrian C. Seeman (1945 – 2021)

November 18, 2021

Founder of DNA nanotechnology has passed away

Ulf Diederichsen (1963 – 2021)
Bio|Organic

Ulf Diederichsen (1963 – 2021)

November 13, 2021

Bioorganic chemist and President of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities has passed away

Jack D. Dunitz (1923 – 2021)
Analytical|Physical

Jack D. Dunitz (1923 – 2021)

September 15, 2021

Well-known crystallographer passed away

Gottfried Huttner (1937 – 2021)
Inorganic

Gottfried Huttner (1937 – 2021)

August 2, 2021

Professor Emeritus of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, has passed away

Ei-ichi Negishi (1935 – 2021)
Catalysis|Organic

Ei-ichi Negishi (1935 – 2021)

June 14, 2021

Japanese chemist and 2010 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry has passed away

Richard Ernst (1933  – 2021)
Physical

Richard Ernst (1933 – 2021)

June 8, 2021

Swiss physical chemist and Chemistry Nobel Laureate well-known for his work on NMR spectroscopy has passed away

Susan Odom (1980 – 2021)
Energy|Materials

Susan Odom (1980 – 2021)

April 22, 2021

Professor at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA, who developed redox-active materials passed away

Siegfried Hünig (1921 – 2021)
Organic

Siegfried Hünig (1921 – 2021)

March 25, 2021

German chemist best known for Hünig's base, or N,N-diisopropylethylamine, passed away

Magda Ariel (1924 – 2021)
Analytical

Magda Ariel (1924 – 2021)

February 25, 2021

Pioneering researcher in instrumental analytical chemistry and electrochemistry passed away

Paul J. Crutzen (1933 – 2021)
Inorganic|Sustainability

Paul J. Crutzen (1933 – 2021)

January 29, 2021

Chemistry Nobel Laureate who is best known for his work on ozone depletion has passed away

Klaus Hafner (1927 – 2021)
Organic

Klaus Hafner (1927 – 2021)

January 26, 2021

Eminent organic chemist, formerly at Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, passed away

Victor Snieckus (1937 – 2020)
Organic

Victor Snieckus (1937 – 2020)

December 21, 2020

Organic chemist, known for the directed ortho metalation reaction (DoM) among other things, passed away

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